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(Ho ModeL) T. W. MUB

Patented Nov. 7. 1882 NITED STATES PATENT ()EFICE.

lMoHY vv. MUBPH, OE vVASHINGToN, DISTBIoT o ooLUMBIA.

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S,1oIofoT foTTI1i11g art of IJetteTt 1 atent 1To. 267,243, dated 1Toven1ber- 7, 1882.

Be it knOWn that I, TIMOTEY vV. MURPHY, of VVShington, in the l)iStriof of (}o11mbi, Lave invented new and uSeful Inprovemenf in HofSeShoos, of whioh thefonoWingiS fuH, cIer, aud exaot deSoription, referenoe being had to the anPxed drowings, forfning part of thiS Speoifioation.

This invention relafes to horSeShoeS having relnovable oolkS; Ud the invention oonsiSfS in oonStruoting a horSeShoe With dovetaHed and ShouldPred receSSeS foI receiving calkS of ooTreSponding oonstruotion, and iu Seouring the oalkS in position by means of SoreWS having their headS oounterSnk in the shoe, aS hereinafter deSGribed.

In the aoconpaJn ing draWingS, igure 1 iS porspeotive botton1 vieW of the Shoe, Showing one of the oaIkS and its Sorew Temoved. 1 ig. 2 iS SPotional vieW taken on line ig. 1, and ig. 3 iS a Sectional view taken on line ig.1 and Eig. iS o perSPeofive vieW of heeloHk for every-dH vear.

TepreSents a ho seShoe having 8 ourved ooucoYify, o, extending f1om the heel to the toe-oalk on each side, and the ridgeS o d ter ed S, c, as Shown in Ietters Fatenb No; 194,712. grnHLed Io me under dato of August 28, 1877.

TheheeLoalkS B B, Whioh re intended for Wioter Wear, re eaoh provided With dove tailed tenon, CZ, and With longitudinal ShOuL derS 6 at the Sides of fhe tenon, Which are daptedfOs1ide int0 thereceSSeS vIiioh are o en ab the ends toward the toe. he recesses are d0vetied at the bottom,and provided fof the ShoulderS 6 of the oalkS. he ealkS B B are pfovided With oonoave reoeSSeS Zin their Inay be Inade to su porb the prinoipal Strain upon the oaIk.

I am alSo aware that it is not broadl new to Seoure a calk in )osition by o sorew whioh is inSerted int0 the body of tho Shoe ab one end of the oalk, 1t iS to be obServed, however, thaf in 1]]y invention the o liTI(1rioal head of tho Screw iS fitted into reoeSS i 116 oalk Hnd oounferSunk in the Shoe, So thab the head is Strongly Suppofted in itS Sef, and thnS any Strain upon the head iS thrown n )on the body ofthe Shoe, vhile the ooHoave Teoess in the end of the oalk, into Whioh the head iS plaoed, serveS fo proteot the head froIn being battered by contaot With stoneS, graveI, 8c.

E[aving thus deSofibed my inventiOU, Whot I olai1]1, and deSife to Seonre by TetterS 1 atenf, 1s

1. horSeShoe hvingd0vefaHed reoeSSes opon at one end, nd provided With longitudinal Off Sets ab the Side of the dovefailed portion, in oon1bination With the oalkS B B, having oorfeSponding tenons and ShonlderS, aJld the SoreWS f, hving their hoadS counterSunk in the body of the Shoe, SubSfantiaH aS Shown and desoribed.

2. The oalkS B B, hving doveted tenons (Z, and ]ongitndinaI ShouderS e at the sides of 0 

